Difret – Polish Film Festival

The film in a moving manner touches upon the topic of the violence against and brutal abuse of children. In Addis Abeba, a female lawyer founds a network providing poor women and children with legal representation free of charge. It is an act of courage – in this way, she risks being persecuted by the police and politicians. However, the real ordeal turns out to be the defence of the 14-year-old girl called Hirut who gets kidnapped and raped while going home from school. When fighting with the persecutors, she kills in self-defence. Yet a harder challenge appears: facing the cruel tradition of kidnapping and raping girls as a way to custom-forced marriage…